Vladimir Fiks, MD, is an interventional pain management physician at Advanced Pain Management Center in Portland, Oregon. He is board-certified in anesthesiology and also holds two board certifications in pain management. Dr. Fiks firmly believes in the restorative benefits of maintaining overall physical and mental wellness as part of the recovery process and finds the challenges of comprehensive pain management fascinating.

Dr. Fiks graduated from Saratov University in Saratov, Russia, before completing an internship at the Jefferson Frankford Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He moved west to finish his medical education, completing both a residency in anesthesiology and a fellowship in pain management at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland.

His commitment to delivering exceptional patient care drives Dr. Fiks to continually expand his medical education, not just in pain management but in other areas, too. It gives him a broad understanding of human diseases, and his patients benefit from his thoroughness.

Using an integrative approach, Dr. Fiks practices both medical and interventional pain therapies. He’s passionate about providing treatments that supplement conventional medicine and offers in-house physical therapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy.

Dr. Fiks speaks Spanish, English, and Russian.

Areas treated: Knee, Hip, Shoulder, Cervical Spine (Not Upper Cervical or CCI)*, Lumbar Spine, Thoracic Spine, Hand & Wrist, Elbow, Foot & Ankle